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Greetings, everyone!
I read online a report not too long ago that claimed that Human Medical Errors was the #3rd cause of death in the United States.
Although we are all prone to mistakes considering no one is perfect, doesn't anyone find this concerning? I am not in med school by any means, but many former and current med students have told me that in med school that they throw so much info out at you that it's impossible to know all of it. As a result, students make themselves sick due to anxiety and are more predisposed towards developing depression, thus, hindering academic and mental performance. The saying "one week of med school is equivalent to one undergraduate semester" is agreed upon by many med students. By what these students are telling me about how much hell it all is, how is that even doable? I get people's lives are on the lines, but how can someone properly retain all of this information when they have little time to absorb it? Maybe this is the issue contributing towards human medical errors? Thoughts?
I read online a report not too long ago that claimed that Human Medical Errors was the #3rd cause of death in the United States.
Although we are all prone to mistakes considering no one is perfect, doesn't anyone find this concerning? I am not in med school by any means, but many former and current med students have told me that in med school that they throw so much info out at you that it's impossible to know all of it. As a result, students make themselves sick due to anxiety and are more predisposed towards developing depression, thus, hindering academic and mental performance. The saying "one week of med school is equivalent to one undergraduate semester" is agreed upon by many med students. By what these students are telling me about how much hell it all is, how is that even doable? I get people's lives are on the lines, but how can someone properly retain all of this information when they have little time to absorb it? Maybe this is the issue contributing towards human medical errors? Thoughts?